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New agreement uses 3D technology to help treat rare genetic disorder 14 March 2022 Last week, Channel 7 interviewed KEMH’s Gareth Baynam and Curtin Uni's Richard Palmer, about the WA face diagnostic technology that is receiving global attention, potentially unlocking the answers to a rare genetic disease. Perth nurse Emily Wheeler, a patient of Professor Baynam’s, is one in 50,000 people who suffer from the rare genetic disorder, Hereditary Angioedema (HAE). As a result of HAE, Emily experiences swelling mainly in her stomach, adding up to 4kg of fluid to her abdomen during painful attacks that usually last a week. But thanks to a new agreement between WA’s King Edward Memorial Hospital, Curtin University, Takeda Global, SingHealth in Singapore and FrontierSI, researchers will use 3D facial analysis technology to help understand and eventually guide the treatment of this rare disease. Professor Baynam, Cliniface and study clinical lead, is the Head of... -
SCGH High Risk Foot Service (HRFS) achieves accreditation as a Centre of Excellence 26 February 2022 The SCGH High Risk Foot Service (HRFS) is a multidisciplinary service which meets the needs of patients with complex diabetes related foot complications. It brings together the specialties of Vascular, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, Podiatry and Nursing (including Silver Chain Liaison Nurse) and provides care to patients with limb threatening diabetic foot ulcers and infections, and other complex foot disorders such as Charcot neuroarthropathy. Established in May 2019, the service offers an outpatient multidisciplinary clinic (the MDFU) located in the SCGH Podiatry department, and an inpatient diabetic foot unit (SCGH), and has links to the amputee rehabilitation service (OPH) and Hospital in the Home (Homelink) Service which provides care to patients in their own homes. After three years of operation, the SCGH High Risk Foot Service now helps around 60 outpatients each month and pe... -
Public Health Team NMHS Vaccination Activity Report 2021 24 February 2022 The full scale of the NMHS Public Health team’s efforts to vaccinate at-risk communities in Perth against COVID-19 has been revealed in the recently-published Activity Report for the NMHS COVID-19 Vaccination Program 2021. The Report is an incredible account of the tireless work of the team and the huge undertaking it has been. NMHS Public Health has been responsible for vaccinating staff, patients and high-risk community members across metropolitan Perth. The team has vaccinated in prisons, mental health hostels, sporting grounds, parks, homeless centres and in private homes. The programme began in March 2021 and in the less than ten months to December 2021, the team administered 54,100 vaccinations. -
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet new portal 21 February 2022 In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet was quick to develop a COVID-19 updates and information section. This went live in March 2020. Since then, users from across the country have been able to find the latest information and resources available on COVID-19 from the Australian Department of Health and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO). Relevant information about infectious diseases and respiratory health was also available. Two years on there is a wealth of authoritative information available and the COVID-19 section has now expanded to become a COVID-19 HealthInfoNet portal (external site), making it easier for health practitioners to find what they need. HealthInfoNet portals are designed to provide information that is timely, accessible, and relevant to the everyday practice of the health sec... -
Syphilis Outbreak in Perth 17 February 2022 Most often seen in films as an affliction of the 17th Century, syphilis may be thought of as a disease of a bygone era. But did you know that there is an outbreak of syphilis in Perth? Right now? In fact, there have been more cases of syphilis diagnosed in Perth than COVID over the past year. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that, while ancient, has recently re-emerged in WA. Its wide variation of symptoms (from many to none at all) along with the difficulty this presents for diagnosis, have earnt syphilis the nickname “the great imitator”. Because it flies under the radar and is a challenge to pick-up, this insidious illness can cause a wide range of serious health problems (external site) that , if untreated, can lead to heart or nervous system conditions years after the initial infection. There has been a marked increase in the number of women affected ...
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18/10/2023